Pictures of the Week: The Announcement of the New York Writers Hall of Fame 2013 Inductees

Rocco Staino, director of the Empire State Center for the Book, announces the 2013 inductees to the New York Writers Hall of Fame on Tuesday February 26 at the Forbes Gallery. The inductees included James Fenimore Cooper, Countee Cullen, Marilyn Hacker, Alice McDermott, Walter Mosley, Miguel Pinero, Maurice Sendak, and Calvin Trillin. Photo by Chelsey Philpot.

Robert L. Forbes, President of ForbesLife and VP Forbes, who also serves on the board of the Empire State Center for the Book, at the announcement of the 2013 New York Writers Hall of Fame inductees.